Rocky Broad

as of 5/28/2009 all wood is easily avoidable...from the river you can see on the river left bank at the second drop, a tree is barely handing on by the roots...may be a concern after another hard rain...watch for wood and a few hidden pin/sieves...other than that..this run is a total classic run...look @ the bridge gauge to be between 4.1/5 ft...Jwall

Glen boofing the second of four consecutive waterfalls.
This is the upper part of the class 5 boulder garden immediately below the falls. At this level the lines were tight.

Still being worked out.... New

Forum: BoaterTalk

Re: New Trees in Rocky Broad.... by moheinous Jul 09 2003, 12:15 GMT New

Re: What's the minimum Level? by

From: moheinous

The AWFS site is very unreliable, but recently it's been showing a flow @ Bat Cave. I ran the lower with a too low flow yesterday at 4.1 AWFS online reading, I would guess about 4.5 would be a good minimum. This number dosen't coorespond with the USGS bridge guage(not online) at Bat Cave(1st bridge over the lower). The bridge guage said 3.6, so I would quess about 4.0 for that guage

Big hole in the middle of the first slide, of this three tiered drop.

The eddy was as interesting as the hole
First you had to bust around this wave/hole. The cut to the right of the undercut, then drop down the slide into another big hole. Nuthin to it. I portaged.
coming out of the top eddy next to the undercut.
The second and third falls of the rocky broad
Lining up for the eddy, so i could portage the next rapid.

Eric coming around the undercut and about to drop into the big hole. The eddy at the bottom was almost as scary as the rapid.
The first drop is an 18 foot waterfall, followed by a 8 foot ledge, and a big sliding waterfall.
Trying to avoid the piton rocks in the middle line of the final waterfall
The left line is cleaner than the right line. Brad landed hard on some rocks.
We chose to sneak around the meat of guido. We were talking about Pablo here. The slot behind us was mostly clean. Two of us caught rocks in the ribs.
Will making the entrance move around the big breaking wave, backed by the big undercut, then about to drop the big slide with the big hole at the bottom, with the big booming eddlines below that. BIG.
Eric running a little to the right of the preferred line, but styling it.